Didi started his public service career as secretary at the Representative Office of the Maldive Islands in
Colombo in 1957. and ambassador to the
USA between 1968 and 1970. In the government of
President Ibrahim Nasir, he was
Finance Minister from October 1970 to March 1975. From Marvch 1975 to January 1977, he was one of the
Vice Presidents of the Maldives together with
Ahmed Hilmy Didi,
Ibrahim Shihab,
Ali Maniku and
Hassan Zareer. He was later Minister for Fisheries in the 1980s and
Minister for Health and Welfare in the 1990s. On 26 July 2011, Abdul Sattar Moosa Didi was conferred the
Order of the Distinguished Rule of Izzuddin. On 25 November 2017,
Dhivehi Language Academy released a book honoring Sattar's services. ==References==